Anyone else think that the "quagmire" is intentional? Part of the multi-million dollar new fortress being built in Iraq?
Like now we cannot leave? And, shucks, we just got to fix it?
I mean we could have done a little better if we'd tried... but we did not try?
Hummm?
Annan: Middle East leaders call Iraq situation 'real disaster'
UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Wednesday Middle East leaders recently told him the invasion of Iraq has "been a real disaster" the region.
Speaking to reporters after his two-week trip through the Middle East, Annan said, "Honestly, most of the leaders I spoke to felt the invasion of Iraq and its aftermath has been a real disaster for them. ... They believe it has destabilized the region."
Annan went on to say there are essentially "two schools" of thought -- those who believe the United States should stay, "having created the problem, they cannot walk away," and those, "particularly in Iran," who "believe the presence of the U.S." is a problem.
Annan said his opinion is that "the U.S. has found itself in a position where it cannot stay and it cannot leave."
For U.S. forces to leave, he said, "the timing has to be optimum. ... It has to be arranged in such a way that it does not lead to an even greater disruption or violence in the region." (Posted 12:40 p.m.)
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